Sister miriam teresa demjanovich biography

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          Miriam Teresa Demjanovich

                    The life story of Miriam Teresa Demjanovich is filled with fascinating details – life in two rites of the Catholic Church, visions of Jesus and St.

          Therese of Lisieux, a profound understanding of the universal call to holiness – and seems only possible in a place like the United States.

                   Teresa Demjanovich was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, the seventh child of Ruthenian immigrants to the United States.

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        1. Teresa Demjanovich was born on March 26, , one of seven children to Slovakian immigrant parents.
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        3. Early life.
        4. A BIOGRAPHY - Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich, SC by Sister Mary Zita Geis, SC. Includes personal letters to and from her spiritual director;.

          5. Her family was part of the Ruthenian Byzantine Rite, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. She received the Sacraments of Baptism, Christmation and First Holy Communion in the Byzantine Church, and was shaped by its spirituality.

          From her youth, Teresa wanted to devote her life to God and recalled her parents’ home as a place devoted to holy things. After completing high school, she planned to join the Carmelite order and follow in the footsteps of St.

          Therese of Lisieux, to whom she had a special devotion. But her mother was sick and